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An Act expanding access to adoption

Filed by Jack Patrick Lewis  ·  22 cosponsors  ·  191st General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H1492  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD1227

7 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2019-03-21HouseDischarged to the committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities
2019-03-25SenateSenate concurred
2019-08-26JointHearing scheduled for 09/10/2019 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in B-1
2020-02-27HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2020-02-27HouseRules suspended
2020-02-27HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2021-01-05HouseNo further action taken

1 committee vote

Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities (J)  ·  2020-01-29 16:00  ·  Do you agree with the motion that this bill be reported favorably by committee?

favorable · 16

no action · 1

Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.

Public hearing

House Rule 27 counts its reporting deadline from the day a bill is heard.

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2019-09-10Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities (J)B-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
Discharge to Another CommitteeJudiciary (J)
FavorableChildren, Families and Persons with Disabilities (J)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)

Cosponsors

In the order filed.

Every action here is as the legislature published it. A bill that drew no recorded vote is the ordinary case: the House records roughly 150 a year.